Called to serve Him!!‏

From:	Callie Horton (callie.horton@myldsmail.net)
Sent:	Mon 9/23/13 9:00 AM

HOLA!!

 

First off I just want to say that being a missionary is so great! It is by far the hardest thing I've ever done, but it is also the most rewarding and the best thing I've ever done! I'm am just so extremely blessed! Our mission president gave us all these packets at the beginning of September and its called "Our Gift to Christ" and it has been really cool! For the next 3 months we have themes. This month is Sacrifice September. He put talks from general authorites about sacrifice and he just put some good stuff in there! So I have been thinking a lot about sacrifice. A mission is a big sacrifice. But the more and more that I go, it seems so much more as a blessing than a sacrifice. Mission life is hard, but its because of the growth that is taking place. Its kinda like growing pains. And it is all so worth it! We NEED to sacrifice for Christ. He has asked us to. It is a part of our mortal lives. So my mission is one of my gifts to Christ because I love Him and I know that what I am doing right now is so important not only for others, but for me too.

 

So this week was a success!! We had our first investigator at church yesterday!!! It was so so exciting! But we were also kinda freaking out. It was our investigator Veronica, who is possibly the cutest, sweetest lady I've ever met. We called her yesterday morning to remind her about church and she said she was coming!! So after ward council we decided to wait outside for her. We were standing there and all of the sudden we see her drive by, but then we see her turn around so we thought that everything was ok. Then she passes us again and pulls into the baptist church across the street. We were not about to let that happen, so we give her a call and tell her to come to the other side, but we aren't exactly sure if we said that right in Spanish. So she starts driving the opposite way down the street! But then she turns around and starts driving towards the church and Hermana Olsen says, "I'm not letting her go home." So she runs to the corner of the entrance to the church and starts jumping up and down  and yelling, "Hermana!!!" As she drives by once again. This time she saw! We were laughing so hard for a good while. So she finally made it to church! We find out that she actually can understand most English just not speak it which was a good comfort for us since we didn't really know how we were going to translate for her. The ward was SO nice and SO amazing! They all just welcomed her and were just so nice to her. And after she was talking about how she went to another church with her friend one time and she didn't feel comfortable there, but she said she felt very comfortable at our church. Which was amazing considering she can't even speak the language of these people! The Spirit was there and she was feeling it.

 

We have starting teaching this boy named Ever who is so awesome! He seriously has a testimony already! He loves meeting with us and also has chairs and stuff set up when we come over. Its great. He has such a huge love for God and wants to learn more of Him. We have only taught him twice, but he has been keeping his commitments so hopefully things will continue to progress with him!

 

Our investigators here are SO awesome. The work here seriously progesses more and more each week. I am so grateful for be here in creating the foundation in this area! It has been one of the coolest things to watch. Opening an area is hard, but I have learned so much! My Spanish is getting better, my teaching is getting better, and I am just becoming a better missionary. This situation with my companions and everything has helped my Spanish SO much! Learning a language is SOOOO hard, but I am so glad that I can be learning Spanish.

 

I hope you all have a fantastic week! Remember that I love you so much!!

 

And now I close mine epistle. I am Hermana Horton.